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EDITORIAL. 
2nd.  Thai  Dr.  Jackson  does  not  appear  at  any  time  to  have  made  any  dis- 
covery j  in  regard  to  ether,  which  was  not  in  print  in  Great  Britain  some  years 
before. 
3d.  That  Dr.  Morton,  in  1846,  discovered  the  facts,  before  unknown,  that 
ether  would  prevent  the  pain  of  surgical  operations  ;  and  that  it  miiiht  be  given 
in  sufficient  quantity  to  effect  this  purpose,  without  danger  to  life.  He  first  es- 
tablished these  facts  by  numerous  operations  on  teeth,  and  afterwards  induced 
the  surgeons  of  the  hospital  to  demonstrate  its  general  applicability  and  import- 
ance in  capital  operations. 
4th.  That  Dr.  Jackson  appears  to  have  had  the  belief  that  a  power  in  ether  to 
prevent  pain  in  dental  operations  would  be  discovered.  He  advised  various  per- 
sons to  attempt  the  discovery.  But  neither  they  nor  he  took  any  measures  to  that 
end:  and  the  world  remained  in  entire  ignoiance  of  both  the  power  and  safety 
of  ether,  until  Dr.  Morton  made  his  experiments. 
5th.  That  the  whole  agency  of  Dr.  Jackson  in  the  matter  appears  to  consist 
only  in  his  having  made  certain  suggestions,  which  aided  Dr.  Morion  to  make 
the  discovery — a  discovery  which  had  for  some  time  been  the  object  of  his  labors 
(hid  researches. 
The  Southern  Journal  of  the  Medical  and  Physical  Sciences.  Edited  by 
Doctors  J.  W.  Kikg,  William  P.  Jojses,  R.  0.  Curry,  and  B.  Wood. 
Vol.  1.  No  1.  Jan.  1853.  Nashville,  Tenn. 
With  our  January  exchanges  came  a  new  medical  journal  under  the  above 
caption  and  direction,  bi-monthly  in  its  issue,  and  each  number  Containing 
about  72  pages.  The  general  appearance  and  typography  of  the  book  is 
good.  The  work  is  divided  into  three  departments,  viz  :  Practical  Medicine 
and  Surgery,  Chemistry  and  Pharmacy,  and  Dental  Surgery,  and  addresses 
itself  to  the  Physician,  the  Apothecary  and  the  Dentist.  The  latter  is  rather 
a  new  feature,  though,  no  doubt,  one  that  will  prove  advantageous  to  the 
publishers,  as  it  extends  the  field  of  subscribers.  The  contents  of  the  Chemi- 
cal and  Pharmaceutical  department  in  the  initial  number,  indicate  a  disposi- 
tion to  give  more  importance  to  those  collaterals  of  medicine,  than  ordinary 
medical  journals,  and  if  sustained  by  contributions  from  the  intelligent  of 
the  Apothecaries,  may  prove  a  useful  agent  in  spreading  correct  views  of  the 
ethics  and  practice  of  Pharmacy  in  the  Great  South  West.  Success  to  the 
eilort. 
Materia  Medica,  or  Pharmacology  and  Therapeutics.  By  Wi.  Tully,  M.  D. 
Springfield,  Mass. 
We  have  received  the  2d  and  3d  numbers  of  this  work  for  December  and 
January,  which  do  not  finish  the  introductory  chapter.  The  originality  of 
the  author's  mode  of  treating  his  subject  is  very  manifest,  and  indicates 
that  he  has  devoted  to  it  much  thought  and  time.  As  we  remarked  in  a 
former  notice,  Dr.  Tully  is  inclined  to  employ  a  peculiar  nomenclature, 
which,  though  natural  to  himself  by  long  adoption,  gives  an  air  of  pedantry 
to  his  composition,  however  unintentional  it  may  be.  For  instance,  a  few 
short  sentences  will  explain — "  It  has  long  appeared  to  me  that  the  medicinal 
operation  of  this  pure  Alcaloid  Quinine,  is  more  pleasant,  agreeable  and 
kind  than  that  of  the  Disulphate  of  Oxyd  of  Quininum."    "  The  crude,  in- 
